The Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Nederland)

I thought it was something like.....

No more than 50 miles and no faster than 60mph?

 

Yea..it's gonna be a long way home.

I will say that while talking to the owner of Beartrax (Joe...nice guy, we talked for about 30 minutes at the air up station)...he mentioned the first 25 mile drive is critical, the next 50 is also critical. The rest after that are less important, but those first 75 - 100 miles have to be done right, and afterwards you'll likely be good. Still never hurts to follow the procedure exactly.

 

Yea, you are supposed to drive like the first 25 miles, then stop and let it cool for like 20 minutes then do 50 miles and repeat the process, and keep repeating that process, all while not going over like 50-60mph or so.

The ECGS Guidelines
• On initial run, drive lightly for 15 to 20 minutes then stop to allow differential to cool completely for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Avoid towing and heavy acceleration, as well as vary speeds every 5 to 10 minutes while driving on highways.
• Drive conservatively and do not drive more than 50 miles at a time without allowing a cool cycle during the first 500 miles following installation.

My break-in for gears was to just drive around the city and to and from work by adding in some extra distance to my commute, worked well and did not have issues for me.

Wonder if Warren is going to follow that or just drive all the way back to PA...

 

ok so kinda random. anybody have a black rear stock bumper, like off a base truck they don't want?. i want to replace my chrome rear bumper with until i can get aftermarket

 

Keep an eye on craigslist of FB marketplace... not to many pop up on here for sale.

 

Probs easier and cheaper to just paint the chrome one.

 

Just a friendly update. I am alive . Some personal things plus work have gotten in the way of keeping up on here and unfortunately the Jambo this year also. I was really bummed about it. Hope you all had a great time. With that said, I'm back to the mentality and have been really looking at swing out tire carrier bumpers. Any suggestions? I like Pelfreybilt's and CBI so far..

 

Both great bumpers. I will be going with hi clearance Pelfrey because I have one of their fronts and I like the rear that they make, CBI makes a good one as well, just really depends on what all you want on it and so forth.

Really all comes down to what kind of accessories you want on it and who offers what and at what prices.

 

Good to have you back Peyton! Hope things are good now. I’m a big fan off SOS and brute force fabs rear swing out. Eddy at SOS usually runs some good sales a couple of times a year

 

anyone ever ran white knuckle sliders?

 

You know where I work swing by and say what’s up. Hell you can even buy me lunch..

 

Never heard of them, I run All Pro Apex sliders and a lot of the other guys SOS concepts, BAMF . Also if you’re not in a hurry wait for the GBs. Save you some monies...

 

yea i looked at all pro bamf mobtown cbi pelfrey liked the way cover the front and rear better just gettib info before pullin the trigger

 

I did the first half of the break in procedure on the way home. About 300 miles took roughly 10 hours. Stopped by and got a laser temperature gun and kept close eye on the temps before and after each stop.

I have a CBI gift certificate I could sell...

 

I know some on Ih8mud that run them with great success. I wanted them for the land cruiser but they are 700

 

thanks man

 

You have a certificate you could sell??

 

Yeah I was keeping up on the action in the group chat lol. I’m glad it went good on the drive home.

 

Also looking at buying a winch. I'm new to the winch thing and was wondering is there stuff I need to do to prepare for one electrically speaking.

 

No, just as long as you have a decent battery